Three pillars of sustainability: economy, environment and society
The main motivation of Dr. Alex Berg, Executive Director of the Technological Development Unit (UDT) of the University of Concepción (UdeC), is to develop and apply technological solutions to transform raw materials into products. Alex [...]
UDT researchers carry out research internship in Vienna
Dr. Alex Berg, Executive Director of UDT, and Dr. Sebastian Riquelme, Project Engineer at UDT's R&D Department, are on a research stay at the Institute of Natural Resource Chemistry at BOKU University, headed by Prof. [...]
UdeC and Corfo launch climate change program to transform agricultural waste into biochar
The project, which has a duration of 5 years and seeks to expand to various regions of the country and Latin America, aims to generate a circular economy by transforming biomass and plastic waste into [...]
Alex Berg: “We must not compete with the economy of the last century, but with the economy of the future”.
In 'Signs of the Future', the director of the UDT highlighted that the region can address the global challenges of carbon neutrality based on the circular economy "The climate change we are experiencing today - [...]
UdeC leads national funding for applied R&D projects
The Fondef IDeA R&D 2024 competition awarded funding to 95 projects nationwide, 18 of them led by or with the participation of researchers from the Universidad de Concepción. The initiatives focus on the transfer of [...]